Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath, her character in the romance film The Piano. Paquin is a native of New Zealand, born in Wellington but born and raised in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world with The Piano. At age 11 she was one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on July 24,1982. The Canadian born actress is also a New Zealander actress. In 1993, she was awarded the Academy Award at age 11 to play the inquisitive, chatty daughter of Holly Hunter who played the main character. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents when she was a young child. After an audition Flora McGrath was cast as the daughter of a Scottish musician. Flora McGrath is the daughter of a muted Scottish musician who came from Scotland to New Zealand to marry in the 19th century. When she was a teenager her family left Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin started her acting career as a child with a role of the Jane Eyre title character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, and then an important role on the film Fly Away Home. Paquin was in the role of Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997, she played the Spanish queen in a smaller role. She portrayed teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). Also, she played the character of Polexia Aphrodisa.






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